Two works by Hector Berlioz get the spotlight in the orchestra’s latest program, along with music by Debussy, Richard Strauss ...

While the main, multi-day S.F. Silent Film Festival has been pushed back from the spring to at least the fall because of the ...

When you pick up a book by Lidia Yuknavitch, whether fiction or nonfiction, here’s what you won’t find: squeaky-clean characters, milquetoast storylines, bland prose or neat-and-tidy conclusions. What ...

It’s been nine years since Mel Gibson last directed a feature film. While it wouldn’t be fair to say that he’s gotten rusty, the new effort “Flight Risk” lacks the brutal cinematic energy that made ...

Bright Eyes is scheduled to perform at Oakland's Fox Theater on Thursday, Feb. 6. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle Bright Eyes has been in the business for nearly 30 years with no sign of slowing ...

Jerrod Carmichael is set to perform at Cobb's Comedy Club on Feb. 3-4. Photo: Rich Polk / NBC via AP Jerrod Carmichael strives to be a “Truman Show” level of candid with his audience. The comedian, ...

Hanif Kureishi details his medical catastrophe of tetraplegia in “Shattered: a Memoir.” Photo: Kier Kureishi/Ecco On Dec. 26, 2022, Hanif Kureishi — renowned playwright, screenwriter and author of ...

Six years ago, Geoff Sobelle opened “Home” with an empty stage at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. By the end of the rollicking, heartstring-tugging show, he’d built a two-story house apparently out of ...

It’s easy to fall in love with the Paiva family. Filmmaker Walter Salles makes sure of that in “I’m Still Here.” He drops the audience into the warm everyday of the beautiful home of Eunice (Fernanda ...

The Recording Academy has refocused the Grammy Awards ceremony to support relief efforts following the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. The Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 2 is still scheduled ...

‘Exotic Deadly’ at San Francisco Playhouse was inspired partly by playwright Keiko Green’s experience as the granddaughter of a MSG food scientist. Director Jesca Prudencio, from left, and actors Phil ...